Biology & Life sciences - Table of Contents

April 15, 2024

Promoting sustainable agriculture by exploiting plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) to improve maize and cowpea crops

Nadège Adoukè Agbodjato, Olubukola Oluranti Babalola

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16836 PubMed 38638155

April 1, 2024

Spatial habitat suitability prediction of essential oil wild plants on Indonesia’s degraded lands

Elga Renjana, Elok Rifqi Firdiana, Melisnawati H. Angio, Linda Wige Ningrum, Intani Quarta Lailaty, Apriyono Rahadiantoro, Irfan Martiansyah, Rizmoon Zulkarnaen, Ayyu Rahayu, Puguh Dwi Raharjo, Ilham Kurnia Abywijaya, Didi Usmadi, Rosniati Apriani Risna, Jr, Wendell P. Cropper, Angga Yudaputra

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17210 PubMed 38577415

April 10, 2024

Vertical farming for lettuce production in limited space: a case study in Northern Thailand

Suwimon Wicharuck, Nuttapon Khongdee, Ar Man, Wahyu Nurkholis Hadi Syahputra, Parichat Yalangkan, Prapaporn Chaiphak, Chatchawan Chaichana

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17085 PubMed 38618565

April 5, 2024

Exogenous melatonin improves germination rate in buckwheat under high temperature stress by regulating seed physiological and biochemical characteristics

Zemiao Tian, Mengyu Zhao, Junzhen Wang, Qian Yang, Yini Ma, Xinlei Yang, Luping Ma, Yongzhi Qi, Jinbo Li, Muriel Quinet, BaoSheng Shi, Yu Meng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17136 PubMed 38590707

April 15, 2024

The rhizosphere and root selections intensify fungi-bacteria interaction in abiotic stress-resistant plants

Feng Huang, Mengying Lei, Wen Li

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17225 PubMed 38638154

April 16, 2024

Effects of soil pH on the growth, soil nutrient composition, and rhizosphere microbiome of Ageratina adenophora

Yun Xia, Junna Feng, Hongbo Zhang, Deyu Xiong, Lingdong Kong, Robert Seviour, Yunhong Kong

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17231 PubMed 38646477

April 23, 2024

Insights into soil nematode diversity and bacterial community of Thai jasmine rice rhizosphere from different paddy fields in Thailand

Pongrawee Nimnoi, Patawee Pirankham, Kittipong Srimuang, Pornthip Ruanpanun

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17289 PubMed 38680886

April 19, 2024

Exogenous Hemin enhances the antioxidant defense system of rice by regulating the AsA-GSH cycle under NaCl stress

Fengyan Meng, Naijie Feng, Dianfeng Zheng, Meiling Liu, Hang Zhou, Rongjun Zhang, XiXin Huang, Anqi Huang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17219 PubMed 38650645

April 10, 2024

The impact of chemical and hormonal treatments to improve seed germination and seedling growth of Juniperus procera Hochst. ex Endi

Alae Ahmad Jabbour, Abdulaziz Alzahrani

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17236 PubMed 38618572

April 19, 2024

Unveiling the aesthetic secrets: exploring connections between genetic makeup, chemical, and environmental factors for enhancing/improving the color and fragrance/aroma of Chimonanthus praecox

Haoyu Zhao, Hafiza Ayesha Masood, Sher Muhammad

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17238 PubMed 38650650

April 26, 2024

Application of prohexadione-calcium priming affects Brassica napus L. seedlings by regulating morph-physiological characteristics under salt stress

Peng Deng, Aaqil Khan, Hang Zhou, Xutong Lu, Huiming Zhao, Youwei Du, Yaxin Wang, Naijie Feng, Dianfeng Zheng

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17312 PubMed 38685942

April 19, 2024

Metabolome and transcriptome integration reveals insights into petals coloration mechanism of three species in Sect. Chrysantha chang

Yadan Yan, Ye Wang, Yafeng Wen, Yu Huang, Minhuan Zhang, Jiadi Huang, Xinyu Li, Chuncheng Wang, Dangqing Xu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17275 PubMed 38650646

April 25, 2024

Genome‑wide analysis of the MYB gene family in pumpkin

Minyan Xu, Jingjing Fu, Ying Ni, Chenchen Zhang

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17304 PubMed 38680887

April 26, 2024

Transcriptome differential expression analysis of defoliation of two different lemon varieties

Meichao Dong, Tuo Yin, Junyan Gao, Hanyao Zhang, Fan Yang, Shaohua Wang, Chunrui Long, Xiaomeng Fu, Hongming Liu, Lina Guo, Dongguo Zhou

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17218 PubMed 38685937

April 26, 2024

Genome-wide identification and analysis of ascorbate peroxidase (APX) gene family in hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) under various abiotic stresses

Zixiao Liang, Hongguo Xu, Hongying Qi, Yiying Fei, Jiaying Cui

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17249 PubMed 38685943

April 26, 2024

Microbial communities of Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils. and the correlations between microbial community and the active secondary metabolites

Xiaolu Qin, Han Pu, Xilin Fang, Qianqian Shang, Jianhua Li, Qiaozhu Zhao, Xiaorui Wang, Wei Gu

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17240 PubMed 38685939

April 29, 2024

Alpha lipoic acid mitigates adverse impacts of drought stress on growth and yield of mungbean: photosynthetic pigments, and antioxidative defense mechanism

Naima Hafeez Mian, Muhammad Azeem, Qasim Ali, Saqib Mahmood, Muhammad Sohail Akram

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17191 PubMed 38699184

April 30, 2024

Improvement of morphophysiological and anatomical attributes of plants under abiotic stress conditions using plant growth-promoting bacteria and safety treatments

Wasimah Buraykan Alshammari, Kholoud Alshammery, Salwa Lotfi, Haya Altamimi, Abeer Alshammari, Nadi Awad Al-Harbi, Dragana Jakovljević, Mona Hajed Alharbi, Moustapha Eid Moustapha, Diaa Abd El-Moneim, Khaled Abdelaal

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17286 PubMed 38708356

April 29, 2024

Variation and interrelationships in the growth, yield, and lodging of oat under different planting densities

Lingling Liu, Guoling Liang, Wenhui Liu, Zeliang Ju

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17310 PubMed 38699188

April 30, 2024

Genome-wide analysis of bZIP transcription factors and their expression patterns in response to methyl jasmonate and low-temperature stresses in Platycodon grandiflorus

Jizhou Fan, Na Chen, Weiyi Rao, Wanyue Ding, Yuqing Wang, Yingying Duan, Jing Wu, Shihai Xing

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17371 PubMed 38708338

April 30, 2024

Pollen thermotolerance of a widespread plant, Lotus corniculatus, in response to climate warming: possible local adaptation of populations from different elevations

Karolína Jackwerth, Paolo Biella, Jan Klečka